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The '''Presidential Election 2012''' was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.  By relying on extensive [[early voting]] driven by political machines -- more than 40% of the electorate -- [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[Mitt Romney]] despite losing nearly 10 million votes from 2008.

The '''Presidential Election 2012''' was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.  By relying on extensive [[early voting]] driven by the [[Democrat]] political machine -- which totaled more than 40% of the vote -- [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[Mitt Romney]] despite losing nearly 10 million votes from 2008.

Obama was leading in the polls by a substantial margin until the first presidential debate, which Romney won by the widest margin every recorded by Gallup polling.  Afterward the race became a statistical tie in polling for the remainder of the campaign.

Obama was leading in the polls by a substantial margin until the first presidential debate, which Romney won by the widest margin every recorded by Gallup polling.  Afterward Romney surpassed Obama and was leading by 49-48% in both the Rasmussen and Gallup polls on [[Election Day]].

As ''Conservapedia'' anticipated this election was similar to the election of 1948, when the [[RINO]] [[Thomas Dewey]] was unable to attract grassroots voters despite the unpopularity of [[Harry Truman]] and the deteriorating economy.  A handful of [[swing state]]s selected the winner in both instances.

As ''Conservapedia'' anticipated, this election was similar to the election of 1948, when the [[RINO]] [[Thomas Dewey]] was unable to attract grassroots voters despite the unpopularity of [[Harry Truman]] and the deteriorating economy.  A handful of [[swing state]]s selected the winner in both instances.

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